Pakistan South Africa | 2nd Test | Cape Town | 14/2/13 | Day 1

[Seen Sheen]

100 partnership was also brought up with that couple.

Shabash !!!

 

[saiyan0312]

calm down

Oh come on back to back half century in south africa is good.... i was his supporter for a long time ... him and azhar are the test futures.

 

[Seen Sheen]

Pitch is flat anything less than 300 will be poor.

Anything below 300 would be well below par. But I guess we shouldn't raise our expectation all of a sudden. Even 250 would keep us in the game, relatively speaking.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

300 and we have a chance. Great batting but the pitch is easier now.

Can't afford a collapse to 200. Sarfraz and the tail have to fight and get 10s and 20s.

 

[imshally81]

Good Played by Both

 

[saiyan0312]

Pitch is flat anything less than 300 will be poor.

I think less effective then that is that the ball has gone old. the new ball comes and see how troubled they will become.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good fighting session from pakistan, both these batsmen need to score big hundreds here and will need to get through the new ball in the final session.

 

[saeed-sohail]

YK playing the way he should. Gritty and compact. He has been too loose off late for my liking.

 

[saiyan0312]

just came back from college and the only thing that can stop me from watching this session is WAPDA

 

[Sudais]

we need 100 from shafiq,50's not good enough,interestingly,he played all his cricket on karachi pattas but look quite impressive

 

[JibranAnsari]

23 overs before another storm strike , need to score 70 + in these 23 overs. I am expecting pakistan to score 225.

 

[Saurav]

I feel Ajmal will do very well here

 

[saiyan0312]

Good fighting session from pakistan, both these batsmen need to score big hundreds here and will need to get through the new ball in the final session.

These two score hundreds we will have a good chance of crossing 300... i think 250 will be enough for us and anything above is a bonus.

 

[JibranAnsari]

we need 100 from shafiq,50's not good enough,interestingly,he played all his cricket on karachi pattas but look quite impressive

So did javed miandad ,if you are a good batsman you score everywhere.

 

[saiyan0312]

23 overs before another storm strike , need to score 70 + in these 23 overs. I am expecting pakistan to score 225.

By storm strike i think you mean the new ball

 

[saiyan0312]

peterson most expensive with 3.70 10 overs 37

 

[Sherlock]

Yeah no pressure like saying they need to score 100s.

 

[waqar goraya]

Evening session is about to commence...

Key session,pakistan are just finding their feet...New ball will be taken in this session....Younis and Asad will be needed to score at decent pace but at the same time dont be reckless....350 is a competitive first innings score here...

 

[waqar_ahmad]

I feel Ajmal will do very well here

May be, if he stops bowling that around the wicket crap

 

[saiyan0312]

the ball is old the conditions are fine so yes should avail and score big.

 

[Kianig89]

Great determination shown by Yuni n Asad carry on the work

 

[saiyan0312]

time to bat and hope we turn on the choke mode and they make mistakes


Come on guys...

 

[saiyan0312]

Morkel to open....

 

[asif9138]

game is about to start

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Cork talking rubbish. India higher in the rankings....

 

[asif9138]

morkel starting

 

[saiyan0312]

2 slips and a gully... smith wont remove the slips any time soon

 

[asif9138]

i hope spin continue from other end..

 

[Akmal Dynasty]

:4 by

 

[saiyan0312]

nice shot...

 

[Seen Sheen]

we need 100 from shafiq,50's not good enough,interestingly,he played all his cricket on karachi pattas but look quite impressive

President and QEA trophies are not solely based in Karachi. The pitches in Rawalpindi/Islamabad tend to be bowler friendly.

 

[shah_1]

:4 from Younis

 

[asif9138]

slips can not be remove against out batsman you never know anything we send gift to slips! lol

 

[saiyan0312]

i hope spin continue from other end..

Me too

 

[asif9138]

good shot

 

[waqar goraya]

This pitch suits Pakistan....there will be some turn available too..

 

[asif9138]

what that guard was doing there?

 

[Seen Sheen]

Me too

Philander would be brought back into the attack me thinks.

 

[asif9138]

137..22 overs left

 

[Animal]

This is turning out to be a superb stand. Well done YK and Asad Shafiq. I'm impressed with the young lad on this tour.

 

[saiyan0312]

slips can not be remove against out batsman you never know anything we send gift to slips! lol

NO kidding ) )

 

[IAJ]

need as many runs as possible before the second new musibat

 

[asif9138]

ramiz is crazy

 

[saiyan0312]

what that guard was doing there?

Fielding the ball

Philander bowling.

 

[Kianig89]

Cork talking rubbish. India higher in the rankings....

Can you please elaborate what he said as i'm not watching on SKy

 

[asif9138]

ramiz mention shoail tanveer

 

[Seen Sheen]

Good, keep rotating.

 

[asif9138]

good to see strike rotating

 

[saiyan0312]

107 partnership.

 

[Seen Sheen]

I feel Ajmal will do very well here

Ghee shakkar aap k muu'n mein!!

 

[asif9138]

59 overs gone

 

[saiyan0312]

ramiz mention shoail tanveer

I missed it... mentioning him proves ramiz has lost it??

 

[waqar goraya]

Now this pitch looks perfect for batting...just enough pace,no sideways movement and beaming sun!!!

New ball though always does a bit..

 

[asif9138]

bouncer to asad

 

[Seen Sheen]

Good leave. Ball taking off from good length.

 

[Akmal Dynasty]

Good bounce there by morkel.

 

[asif9138]

nice weather in SA

 

[imshally81]

This pitch suits Pakistan....there will be some turn available too..

Really ??

 

[Akmal Dynasty]

ramiz mention shoail tanveer

What is he saying?? ulhaq

 

[asif9138]

good shot but straight to fielder

 

[Square Drive]

Irfan in the side as expected. Misbah mentioned at the toss that Rahat is injured - really? Anyways, let's hope that for the sake of the team, Tanvir Ahmed contributes.

And brilliant fightback from Asad and Younus! The top-order failed yet again, and Azhar will have to score a good amount of runs in the next innings. But great fightback from this pair. Hopefully Asad, Younus, Sarfraz, Tanvir, and the tail can take us to 300-350. How's the wicket behaving? Has it been flat, or has there been some assistance for the bowlers?

 

[saiyan0312]

ramiz looks like he wants to make out with morne morkel

 

[imshally81]

Asad ... No Brain fart please...

 

[asif9138]

i do not why ramiz talking about heigt? lol

 

[kungfu90]

Imran was cruel on his players. lol

 

[MRSN]

What is he saying?? ulhaq

says he would be a good all rounder in tests..

 

[asif9138]

samith looks under pressure now?

 

[saiyan0312]

Misbah mentioned at the toss that Rahat is injured - really?

The black goat yeh khud kha gaye

 

[Seen Sheen]

PUlllled it!!!

FOUR for Asad.

 

[Strike!]

The second new ball is due soon, We should be attacking more now.

 

[saiyan0312]

Imran was cruel on his players. lol

saroo ko line mai rakha howa tha

nice pull shot shafiq...

 

[Akmal Dynasty]

:4 by

 

[MRSN]

pulled it beautifully

 

[asif9138]

4444444

 

[adnan yasin]

I was also dissapointed to see three pacers ........... rehman should have played on this wicket

 

[MRSN]

that was in the air..come on control yourself Asad..

 

[Seen Sheen]

Asad getting a bit adventurous. Needs to calm down a little. Couple through covers.

 

[saiyan0312]

19 overs till new ball

and good drive a little dangerous but fine....

 

[IAJ]

at this pace this bowler is going to get killed in SC

 

[Square Drive]

Wonderful couple of shots by Asad! Making Philander looking like a trundler.